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Nambatingue Toko, Pioneering PSG Forward, Dies at 73

PSG confirmed his death, prompting tributes to a striker who opened the club’s European scoring record.

Overview

  • The club announced his passing on February 10, with former president Michel Denisot paying tribute on X.
  • He became PSG’s first scorer in European competition with a brace on September 28, 1982 in a Cup Winners’ Cup tie at the Parc des Princes.
  • He scored in back-to-back Coupe de France finals as PSG lifted the trophy in 1982 and 1983.
  • He recorded 43 goals in 171 PSG appearances and later spent about a decade on the club’s staff at the request of president Francis Borelli.
  • His relatives reported a cancer recurrence and launched a December 2025 fundraiser to secure medicalized long-term care, noting he was already in palliative care.